Kate Morgan

Texas Master Naturalist Kate Morgan details the evolution of the Prairie Seekers from a survey-driven exercise to immersive learning. She describes the tools and methods the program leverages, plus offers a glimpse of the future. Prairie Seekers is citizen science. It trains volunteers to assess prairie conditions and helps the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) identify conservation priorities. The program provides field training in the ecology, biology, heritage, and potential future of North Texas prairies. It explores prairie remnants, large preserves, ranch lands, and city parks learning to value and protect this irreplaceable landscape. Kate Morgan is a retired experimental physicist, a sixth-generation Texan, and president of the NPAT Fort Worth Chapter. She volunteers primarily for NPAT and in the Fort Worth Nature Center greenhouse. She and her husband own a ranch in Wise County where they recently started a project to return 12 acres of Coastal Bermuda hayfield to native prairie.